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Janet Yellen: When some groups do disproportionately well and others seem to be lagging behind, there is a sense of its being a very…

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
When some groups do disproportionately well and others seem to be lagging behind, there is a sense of its being a very unfair system.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen discusses the perception of unfairness in the economic system due to inequality.

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